Lovely Lamps

Hi everyone and welcome. Jenny here with my regular Saturday post for IndigoBlu and this weekend many people will be celebrating Easter and taking advantage of a long weekend break to get out and about. Here in the UK it does feel like Spring has finally sprung with lots of flowers beginning to bloom (and the rain beginning to fall!!!) With the arrival of lighter nights and warmer days it’s no wonder this is my favourite time of year (can you tell?!) Inspired by all this new life I decided to put a floral spin on the Limor Webber Designs ‘Industrial Lamps‘ stamp set – let’s take a look at what I came up with…

Having previously brayered a multitude of warm coloured English Cottage Artist’s Acrylic Paints over an A4 sheet of white card I cut a strip from it and gilded the lamps using Morris Dance Mega Flakes and FlitterGlu. To make sure they stood out I overstamped them with dark brown permanent ink too which also gave the effect of a shadow to the lamps. Then the stamped strip was cut into smaller sections and layered up to add extra dimension. I wanted a contrasting background to help make the lamps pop even more. A sheet from the Belle Epoque 6×6 pad may not have seemed like an obvious first choice, but with a coat of watered down Townhouse Teal paint brushed over it the paper was transformed. The great thing about doing this is that the paint soaks into the design and allows the design details to remain visible – yay! With a little stamping over it using the Limor Webber Designs ‘Rugged Edge‘ and ‘Limor Circles‘ sets the card was ready for completion. You’ll see some of the Limor Circles were stamped/fussy cut, as were a few little flowers from the Giant Peony set. And the final topping, the Dinkie Peony, was white embossed and coloured with matching Distress Ink. Here’s a few close ups so you can see more of the detail…

8 Comments on Lovely Lamps

The Peony really does take centre stage but I love those lamps – the offset stamping really gives them dimension and the flittering suits the designs so well. I just love the warm colour tones too on your beautiful card Jenny! Anne xx

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